Hairdresser&#39;s implement



March 3, 1931. A. BERTELSEN ET AL 1,794,574

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Patented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARNOLD BERTELSEN ANDEMMA V. BERTELSEN, OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, AS- SIGNORS OF ONE-THIRDTO GEORGANNA AUSTIN, OF MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA HAIRDRESSERS IMPLEMENTApplication filed September 20, 1929. Serial No. 394,003.

This invention relates to hair dressing implements and more particularlyto a device similar to a curling iron and by means of which hair may becrimped to form an initial or any other desired character.

One object of the invention is to provide a device for crimpin the hairand forming an initial which may be heated by electricity and further toallow the portions which form the letters or other characters to bedetached and others substituted so that any initial or character desiredmay be used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple in its construction and very easy to operate.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1 is a perspective view showing an initial formed in a girls hair bymeans of the improved device,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved implement,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the implement,

Fig. l is a transverse sectional view taken on the line i l of Fig. 2,and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

This improved implement resembles a curling iron and is provided with ahandle 1 formed of wood, hard rubber or any other heat insulatingmaterial. The handle is formed with a longitudinally extending borethrough which is passed a two-wire electric cord 2 having a terminalplug 3 at its outer end. Ahollow shank 4 projects forwardly from thehandle and has its forward portion internally thickened to form a socket5 which tapers inwardly. The electric cord extends through the handleand into the hollow shank, as shown in Fig. 3, and at its forward endhas one of its wires 6 secured to a terminal 7 which is insulated fromthe walls of the shank, as shown at 8, and the other wire of the cord isgrounded similar to the manner in which the second wire of an electriclight socket is grounded. A lever 9 extends longitudinally of the handleand shank and is mounted for swinging movement toward and away from. theshank and yieldably held in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Inthefcrm illustrated the lever is provided with side extensions or wings10 which engage opposite sides of the shank and a strip resilient metalwhich is folded interme- 'ate its ends has one arm 11 bound against heshank by a clip 12 and bent to provide a ,atcn 18 which grips theferrule at the forward end of the handle and releasably retains thehandle upon the shank. Therefore, the handle may be removed from theshank when repairs are necessary. The other arm 14 of the resilientstrip constitutes a spring which extends beneath and bears against thelever to yieldably retain the lever in its normal position. It will bereadily seen that, when the handle is gripped in a hand and the thumbengaged upon the pad 15 of insulating material which is fixed upon thehandle of the lever by a rivet 16 which also serves to secure the rearend of the spring 14. to the lever, the forward end portion of the leverwill be swung away from the shank. Therefore, the device may be held andoperated similar to the manner in which a curling iron is operated.

In order to crimp the hair and form an initial or other character 17,there has been provided companion dies 18 and 19 which may be letters ofthe alphabet as illustrated or of the proper shape to form emblems orfancy characters. The die 18 is provided with a shank 20 which isarcuate in cross section so that it fits snugly about the shank 21 ofthe die 19 and all portions of the die 18 are similarly shaped in orderthat they may have proper engagement with the corresponding portions ofthe die 19 but the specific shape of the dies and their shanks in crosssection may be varied if found desirable. The forward portion of thelever 9 is formed with a socket 22 to receive the rear end of the shank20 and a set screw 23 is employed to securely but releasably retain theshank within the socket. Therefore, a die 18 of a selected character orinitial may be connected with the lever and firmly held in engagementtherewith while in use. The shank 21 of the companion die 19 terminatesin a head 24- which tapers rearwardly toward'its free end and adapted tohave wedging fit into the socket 5 of the shank where it is releasablysecured by a set screw 25. It will, therefore, be seen that both of thedies may be firmly connected with the lever and shank which the wires ofthe cord 2 passes through the heating coil 25 or" the die 19 and causesthis die to be heated to the proper temperature.

Afterthe hair has been combed the die 19 is slid beneath the hair withthe die 18 swung away from the die 19 by pressing upon the button 15 andpressure upon the button is then released so thatthe spring against thelever and swing thedie 18 to wards the die 19 .until the hair is firmlygripped between the two dies. The heat and pressure will cause the hairto be crimped and after the hair has been engaged between the two dies asufiicient length of time the die 18 is again swung away from the die 19and the die 19 drawn out of the hair. The pressure and heat willhave'caused the'ha'ir to remain in the crimped condition and when thedevice is removed the initial or other character will be displayed, asshown at 17 in Fig. 1,

It should be noted that since the socket- 5 and head 2a are rectangularin cross section and the socket 22 and shank 20 are arcuate the two dieswill be held against turning in their sockets and retained in positionto properly engage each other. It should also be noted that since theshank 21 is bent, as shown at 28, it is ofiset with respect to the head24 and'disposed in proper position for flat contact with the shank 20.Therefore, the two dies will properly engage each other.

Having thus described the invention, we claim: p

1. A hair dressing implement comprising a handle, a lever movabletowards and away from said handle, and complementary dies each having asurface conforming to the general outline of a predetermined characterand a shank, the shanks being removably engaged one with the handle andthe other with the lever, and means for moving the dies towards eachother whereby'hair gripped between the dies will be set and retain'theform of the character when released from between the dies.

2. A hair dressing implement comprising a 1% may actv handle, a lever, aspring yieldably resisting movement of the lever away from the handle,

and complementary dies each having a surface conforming to the'generaloutline of a predetermined character and a shank, the shanks oi the diesbeing removably engaged one with the handle and the other with thelever, one die being formed'oi' heat-retaining'material whereby hairgripped between the dies may. be set by heat and retain the form of thecharacter. when released from between the dies.

8. A hair dressing implement comprising a handle, a lever movabletowards and away from said handle complementary dies each having aportion conforming to the general contour of a predetermined characterand a shank, the lever and handle having their forward ends formed withsockets removably receiving the shanks of said dies, means to releasablysecurethe shanks in the sockets, and means for, urging the dies towardseach other whereby hair gripped between the dies will be set and retainthe form of the character when released from the dies.

4. A hair dressing implement comprising complementary dies, each havinga shank and a hair-engaging portion confonningto the general outline ofa predetermined character,

and means for mounting said dies for movement into and out of thehair-gripping position, said mounting means consisting of'companionmembers movable towards and away from each other and the shanks of thedies being slidable into and out of engagement with said members. 7 r

In testimony whereof we affix our signa-

